Education

Three students who were awarded scholarships

Education July 12, 2022

Cobb Community Foundation awards three Fostering Education scholarships

The Cobb Community Foundation announced in a press release that they’ve awarded three scholarships from the Fostering Education Scholarship Fund for the fall 2022 semester. The purpose of the scholarship…

Education July 7, 2022

11 Cobb students accepted to Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project

By Rebecca Gaunt A record 50 students from the Atlanta metro area are headed to the Harvard Debate Council summer workshop next year via the Harvard Debate Council Diversity Project,…

education icon with silhouette of teach in front of class, holding a baton to a board.

Education July 6, 2022

Cobb school board member David Banks’ “ethnicity study” latest controversy

By Rebecca Gaunt David Banks, vice chair of the Cobb County School Board, is stirring up backlash again with his latest email newsletter in which he states that two years…

Education June 19, 2022

Why the Black Educator Forced Out Over Bogus Critical Race Theory Claims Agreed to Share Her Story

by Nicole Carr [This article first appeared in ProPublica, republished with permission] ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like…

Education June 16, 2022

White Parents Rallied to Chase a Black Educator Out of Town. Then, They Followed Her to the Next One.

By Nicole Carr [This article was first published in ProPublica, republished with permission] ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories…

Education June 10, 2022

Voting rights organizations file lawsuit over Cobb Schools redistricting

By Rebecca Gaunt Voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Cobb County school board redistricting map, alleging discrimination against communities of color, particularly Black and Hispanic voters, by…

Several audience members in brightly colored shirts stand holding hands at Cobb school board meeting

Education June 9, 2022

Cobb Schools superintendent announces new security protocols for district; angry jeers from audience members at meeting’s end

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb Schools Superintendent Chris Ragsdale provided an update Thursday regarding district safety protocols in the wake of the mass shooting at an Uvalde, Texas elementary school that…

Education May 30, 2022

A group of KSU professors, students, want answers after RCHSS department chair resigns and says she was ‘set up to fail’

By Arielle Robinson A group of Kennesaw State University faculty, students, and community members want answers from university officials after the only Black department chair within the Radow College of…

Education May 22, 2022

Freedom of speech is under attack in public schools, U.S. House panel told

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 19, 2022 Students and teachers told U.S. House members during a Thursday hearing that their…

Screenshot of Becky Sayler speaking at a Cobb Board of Education meeting

Education May 21, 2022

No answers from Cobb Schools about changes to Dual Language Immersion program

By Rebecca Gaunt A month after Superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced significant changes to the dual language immersion program, parents say they are frustrated with the lack of communication and equity….

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